I got the belt and no problems here. We used the belt one time on my almost 6 year old daughter for being soooo defiant one day several months ago. Afterwards we felt so bad that we never did it again, it really bruised her behind. But we still do spank and use a silicone spatula for the times she really acts up. The bible does say this is the best way to discipline a child and I agree....having been thru it myself, i deserved every whippin I got I am glad my parents were strict with me because I think I turned into a good person

These people talk about spankings a lot... It's rather disconcerting. Only a couple of people on that message board have pointed out that since spanking can be (is) abusive that people should use other (non-violent) ways to discipline a child.
Some of them seem obsessed with it, thinking it's the only way to go or something. They have systematic ways of doing it, saying that if a child does such-and-such, they'll get so many spanks. And they claim they do it 'in love.' Just... Reading all that is creepy.

Don't no one say hitting your kid for being bad is child abuse! I got hit when I was young, and now (at 14) my spirit is totally broken. I never break my parents' rules, and the biggest trouble I have been in for 2 years was for yelling in school...It really does work.

There is a huge difference between beating your children and punishing them. Fear is a great tool (although it works much better when you're the one people fear). How do you think religion got this far?

Hey stupid fundie, if I ever meet your kid I would like to teach her some self defence techniques that would make you regret ever beating her. You don't necessarily need physical strength to do some serious damage.

I deserved every spanking I got (which was, what, half a dozen in my life?), because my parents never legitimately hurt me. Not taking their parental instruction from a polygamous, Bronze Age tyrant, they actually thought about how they were affecting their kids.

They realized spanking should bbruise the ego more than the bottom. You see, being rational and loving, they decided rather than beat up their kids, they would establish it as a seldom-used result for getting seriously out of line. One swat. One bratty fanny. Then off to the room till I could act my age.

F'r fuck's sake, you can't beat somebody into moral improvement. Pain and suffering don't improve an individual. Spanking only works when it's a threat to be avoided for serious transgression, not an inevitable result of any unwelcome behavior.

And you use implements? Jebus. Try using your hand. If it starts to hurt, guess what? You're a child abuser!

"I am glad my parents were strict with me because I think I turned into a good person" Who advocates the beating of children. You do know that according to your bible, you are supposed to stone them to death for disobedience don't you? Just beating them isn't enough.

there's a line between smackin a kid to get their attention and giving a savage beating, my mom splashed a glass of water in my face any time I threw a tantrum and I ended up throwing the tantrum quietly

And Saint Attila raised the silicone spatula up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this Thy silicone spatula that with it Thou mayest spank Thine offspring into submission, in Thy mercy." And the Lord did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu... [At this point, the friar is urged by Brother Maynard to "skip a bit, brother"]... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the silicone spatula, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy silicone spatula of Antioch towards thy children, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it." Amen.

I'm not a parent, but wouldn't helping a defiant five year old understand that the rules are in place for their own good make more sense than bludgeoning them with a foreign object until they're in too much pain to put up a fight any more?

Love the way they say "my almost 6 year old daughter" as though adding a year will make it less brutal. The kid was five, and you inlicted physical pain on her when she dared to show some innocent rebellion and push the rules to find out why they are the way they are.

Dear what?,
You may be able to beat episode one of forumwarz, but that does not mean you are an actual, capable troll. Real trolling is an art form and requires a knowledge of just who it is you are dealing with. If you lack that knowledge, you might do something silly like call a board full of people well beyond college age "emo." And a site such as this, dedicated to picking at stupidity, is also quite good at ignoring it. So, good try, but in the end, you lose, good day, sir.